Chapter 23

Lola's POV

I opened my eyes and saw a garden filled with roses and other beautiful flowers. I felt like I was floating through the field as I could not feel the ground beneath me.

I looked down and saw that I was now wearing a white gown, the bathrobe long gone. My skin looked like glass, flawless and smooth. I raised my gown to check the scars on my thighs, and they were no longer there.

I felt like I could live in that garden forever, away from all heartbreaks, away from all pains, no scars nor injury on my body. I did not want to leave the garden.

I closed my eyes and continued to enjoy the peace of the garden when I heard a very beautiful voice call out to me.

"Lola, child. Welcome. You grew so well, thank you for holding out and persevering", she said the same things as Serena. I looked around, trying to find the voice, but I couldn't. 

"Serena, is that you? Why are you hiding from me? Why are we here in this garden?" I fired out the que